4/03/2006
Steve Jobs Demos NeXTSTEP
In this video clip from 1991, Steve Jobs shows off Release 3 of the NeXTSTEP operating system.Here are a few things to look for while you watch the clip:
See anything familiar? Many of the advanced features/applications in NeXTSTEP, like Mail, the Services menu, and the Dock, are now part of Macintosh OS X.
Jobs repeatedly talks down both Macs and PCs, but Macs get the brunt of his jabs. Jobs left Apple in 1985 and founded NeXT Computer because of a power struggle with Apple CEO John Sculley. This is why he's personally showing off a computer system other than a Macintosh.
Jobs sends an email to a coworker about Ross Perot. In addition to running for president in 1992 and 1996, Ross Perot invested $20 million in NeXT and personally owned 16% of the company's total stock.
The NeXT operating system lived a brief life but was responsible for several noteworthy achievements such as the following:
A NeXTcube was used in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee when he created the first web browser and web server. This was the beginning of the World Wide Web as the world knows it today.
In the early 1990s, John Carmack used a NeXTcube to build two of his pioneering games: Wolfenstein 3D and Doom.
NeXT Computer designed Display PostScript (DPS), a display system for their series of Unix-based personal computers, for Adobe in 1987.
Does anyone else think it's weird to hear Steve Jobs talk bad about Apple?
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update: i was able to download this clip and convert it to iPod Video.
back in 1991, i bet never in Steve's wildest dreams would he have guessed that 1) 15 years later, someone in Austrailia (blatherskyte) would digitize this NeXT VHS demo tape, 2) they would upload it to a free video sharing site and then 3) someone would convert it to an Apple portable video player that Steve introduced to the world himself.
back in 1991, i bet never in Steve's wildest dreams would he have guessed that 1) 15 years later, someone in Austrailia (blatherskyte) would digitize this NeXT VHS demo tape, 2) they would upload it to a free video sharing site and then 3) someone would convert it to an Apple portable video player that Steve introduced to the world himself.
Pretty amazing, that a lot of what we do in OS X is a 15-year-old technology. suddenly, tiger doesn't seem so cutting-edge...
I think this clip and others that are on the same page show one thing very well: Steve Jobs not only has been but still is the only true showman of the computer industry. I don't know about you but I've heard CEO's from Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Adobe, Macromedia and a whole host of other companies speak and Jobs just blows them out of the water.
There was a slashdot article a while back talking about the amount of preparation that goes into a Jobs keynote and it made me realize that not only does he not rest on his laurels but he takes out multiple insurance policies on his performances by constant rehearsals, keeping a strict eye on deadlines and the like. This is a man who likes to be in control more than anything else. He's also a man who knows his strengths and plays to them.
Compare him to any other person at his level in the industry and they come off looking like your nephew showing off his first magic trick while he comes off as David Copperfield. I'm a fan of his work ethic and design principles and realize a lot of people have a lot to learn from him.
There was a slashdot article a while back talking about the amount of preparation that goes into a Jobs keynote and it made me realize that not only does he not rest on his laurels but he takes out multiple insurance policies on his performances by constant rehearsals, keeping a strict eye on deadlines and the like. This is a man who likes to be in control more than anything else. He's also a man who knows his strengths and plays to them.
Compare him to any other person at his level in the industry and they come off looking like your nephew showing off his first magic trick while he comes off as David Copperfield. I'm a fan of his work ethic and design principles and realize a lot of people have a lot to learn from him.
i knew there was a lot of NextSTEP in OSX but I have never seen it demo'd. wierd. It's like an ugly version of OSX or OSX in early development, pre-aqua.
[*] posted by 
: April 03, 2006 8:04 PM
: April 03, 2006 8:04 PM
What I think's weird about this video is Steve Jobs wearing a shirt and tie! No jeans, no black turtleneck... wow.
[*] posted by : April 03, 2006 9:24 PM
: April 03, 2006 9:24 PM
Thanks for posting this video! As most Mac folk know OS X is based Nextstep but still seeing how incredibly advanced it was is a thrill. I can see why Apple wanted it to replace it's user friendly but soon to be obsolete Mac OS. I kind of like the way it looks, simple boxy and black, white and gray, sort of refreshing after all the candy colors in X and XP. Also love the dock and the file browser as somewhat floating palettes. Maybe these are too confusing for the newbies but I wouldn't mind an interface like that. Are you listening Steve?
[*] posted by : April 03, 2006 11:40 PM
: April 03, 2006 11:40 PM
NeXT was a great system to use back in 1993. My university had whole computer labs full of them. And yes, there is a heck of a lot of NeXT in OSX. Pay attention to the part where he's showing off networking to other systems and then look at how the iTunes Music Store handles each level down you go when browing for an album or track.
To J.LOVE:
Actually, Blatherskyte didn't digitize it. I did. However, someone in Australia (can't remember his name now) did have the friendlyness to send me the tape all the way to Sweden for me to publish on my then very active NeXT and NeXTSTEP website, The NeXT Information Archive.
Actually, Blatherskyte didn't digitize it. I did. However, someone in Australia (can't remember his name now) did have the friendlyness to send me the tape all the way to Sweden for me to publish on my then very active NeXT and NeXTSTEP website, The NeXT Information Archive.
I don't think it's weird at all that Jobs makes favorable comparisons of NEXT to Macs & PC's. It was a product, after all, that he was selling.
dongmin: Yes, there are a lot of features that were obviously lifted from NEXT and used in OS X. There are also a ton of groundbreaking technologies that were introduced in OS X, such as Expose or basing the entire OS' interface on printing technology.
If you think it's weird that he's wearing a tie in this video, you need to check out older Apple keynotes when he wears a bow tie. :)
dongmin: Yes, there are a lot of features that were obviously lifted from NEXT and used in OS X. There are also a ton of groundbreaking technologies that were introduced in OS X, such as Expose or basing the entire OS' interface on printing technology.
If you think it's weird that he's wearing a tie in this video, you need to check out older Apple keynotes when he wears a bow tie. :)
[*] posted by : October 07, 2006 4:23 AM
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